The second fireworks festival was held this Saturday night in Obihiro and of course I went see it. The number of shots was as half as the previous festival which took place two weeks ago, but it was still 10,000! I felt it was more beautiful than before for some reasons; I could get a better seat because of less spectators, the moderate wind blew off the smoke after each shot and all the fireworks were launch one after another in the shorter time. I could occupy a good place by a sign pole which I used as a tripod. As you might have experienced, it is difficult to take a good picture of fireworks. The basic technique is simple, to close the stop with the longer exposure time around two seconds, but the most difficult thing is when to release the shutter. We need to push the button just before the fireworks come into flower, but how can we know it? All we can do is just to estimate and press the button as many times as possible. This is the best picture that I took in this festival with the help of the sign pole.
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